Posted on 03/14/2005 2:58:53 AM PST by JohnHuang2
I can see not having the defendents cuffed in court though. Maybe they should be cuffed to the floor and a drap hung in front of the table to it's not so noticable
Maybe we should also use the other countries laws such as guilty until proven innocent, and no right to face their accusers? Sorry, I believe that the accused has some rights, until convicted by a judge or jury. The problem is that no guard, male or female should be left alone with a prisoner, and when in close quarters, the guards should be unarmed, with an armed guard at some distance to control the situation.
Therefore this guys article is fairly accurate. PC gave this guy the means to do this by leaving him uncuffed and with a single guard, who by the way wouldn't have been armed by most police dept. standards, to watch him and a small guard at that.
I guess I read more than most but by all indications this is a county standard. I also read that in an interview by the sherrif and several deputies that were interviewed on sunday.
This judge was not liberal and had, in fact, asked for more security on the prisoner after the knives were found in his shoe. I guess it was too much trouble for the sherrifs dept to add a guard or two to the detail taking the prisoner to the court room.
The root cause of the situation is Affirmative Action.
Does anyone doubt that, without the policy of Affirmative
Action, the guard would have been a strong male. The Army
does not allow women in combat, yet court guards face the
potential of combat evert day.
arnold
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